GRE Word List

ELLIPTICAL

of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse

The meaning of the word elliptical is of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse.

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vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia
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precipitousprecipitate
momentuma property (see property
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
inimicalbeing adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable